The
3,500 lb sculpture was created by artist and Eaton’s director Ivor
Lewis and unveiled at the Winnipeg store on December 11, 1919. It now
sits in the MTS Centre.

October 22, 1942 - The British passenger ship Winnipeg II is attacked by a German U-Boat en route from England to Canada. All 109 passengers and crew were rescued.On a later stop-over in Winnipeg, survivor Elizabeth Jacobs jokingly told the Winnipeg Tribune that the worst part of the whole thing was missing the turkey dinner scheduled for that evening aboard the ship.

October 22, 1970 - Centennial Fountain at Broadway and Donald is officially opened. it commemorates both the Shoal Lake Aqueduct and Manitoba's centennial.October 22, 1844 - Louis David Riel is born in St. Boniface. He was the oldest of eleven children born to Louis Riel and Julie Lagimodière.